"Uncle, please advise us heads. We have to be busy until midnight every day before going to bed. We can't even use the oil lamp." The woman who came out to cook came over with a bowl of pickles in one hand and a bamboo basket in the other.
There were a few grain pancakes in the basket, and she put the bowl with pickles and the basket on the table.
Fan Wencheng glanced at the woman and scolded: "These things I do are related to the future of the Fan family. What do you, a woman, know? Just go and cook your food."
The woman did not dare to say any more, lowered her head and exited the main room.
Fan Wencheng, who withdrew his gaze, turned to Fan Wencai with a smile and said: "Brother, don't pay attention. Women have long hair and short knowledge. Now is a great opportunity for you and me to make contributions. Later, I will find a way to arrange my brother to join the army to conquer Korea." In order to use this army to conquer the Korean state, we can take some credit."
"I'll give you water instead of wine. Thank you very much, brother." Fan Wencai picked up the water bowl on the table.
Fan Wencheng also picked up his own water bowl and said with a smile: "You and I, brothers and a family, should support each other. Just say thank you and leave it alone."
The two men raised their water bowls, touched them, and then each took a sip of water from the bowls.
Drinks are considered a luxury item in the country.
Only the upper class people can drink wine regularly. The Jurchens and Han people at the bottom usually have difficulty drinking wine. Daikin is always short of food and no one is allowed to use food to make wine.
"Didn't King Khan reward me with some eggs last time? Make some egg soup and bring it over." Fan Wencheng felt that his mouth tasted bad after just drinking water, so he ordered the woman in the outer room.
The woman in the outer room opened the door curtain and poked her head in and said: "All those eggs have been replaced by grain. It's not like you don't know that the house is running out of grain. Besides, my brother is not an outsider. I really can't help you warm up." Drink water.”
"Brothers and sisters, you don't have to work anymore. It's good to have food and drink on the table." Fan Wencai said to the outer room.
There are pickles and multi-grain pancakes on the table. This kind of food is already very good. In an ordinary Han family, they can only drink some porridge to cheer up their stomachs.
"I asked you to keep a few eggs at home, but why did you replace them all with grain? My brother can't even drink a bowl of egg soup."
The woman failed to get egg soup, which made Fan Wencheng feel embarrassed and couldn't help but blame her.
"Okay, okay, we are all a family. We all understand the situation of Daikin now. It is good to have a full stomach." Fan Wencai comforted Fan Wencheng.
In Daijin, it was pretty good for Han people like them to have enough to eat. In the last few years of Lao Nu's reign, the two brothers often had trouble filling their stomachs.
And because of the tiger-character flag, Shanxi merchants in the northwest no longer resell materials for counterfeit gold on a large scale. At most, they only engage in small-scale smuggling activities, which is not a big deal at all.
Fan Wencheng withdrew his gaze towards the outer room, and turned to Fan Wencai, who was at the same table, and said: "Not only is Daikin's situation in bad shape now, but the Ming Dynasty is also in a similar situation. In order to make Daikin's fortunes better, the Khan King A warrior’s belly is full and his head is almost gray with sorrow.”
As he spoke, he shook his head and sighed with a distressed look on his face.
"The problem of food shortage is not unsolvable. There is a Tiger Flag in Shanxi. They sell a lot of grain, tea and other goods to the grassland every year. If the trade route with the Tiger Flag can be opened up, it will definitely alleviate the problem. Jin's food shortage." Fan Wencai said.
The largest caravan on the grassland comes from the Tiger Flag.
With the relationship between Counterfeit Gold and some tribes in the grassland, he naturally knew everything about the Tiger Flag caravan.
Fan Wencheng took a bite of the pancake and chewed it carefully.
Fan Wencai continued: "You can tell King Khan about this. If you can cooperate with the Tiger Flag, you can not only put military pressure on the Ming Dynasty, but also provide important materials such as grain and iron that Dajin needs. "
"What brother said, King Khan has already thought of it." Fan Wencheng swallowed the food in his mouth and said, "Brother may not know, but when King Khan was still Baylor, he had already sent someone to contact Tiger Character Banner. It's a pity that the other party didn't Not only did he not agree to cooperate with Dajin, he also killed the envoy he sent."
"That was before, but it's different now." Fan Wencai leaned forward and said, "In the past, Tiger Flag was just a Ming Dynasty business, so naturally it didn't dare to cooperate with Daikin. Now they have become Ming Dynasty." It is mutually beneficial for the rebels within the territory to cooperate with Daikin, and with the tiger-character flag in the Ming Dynasty to restrain the energy of the Ming Dynasty court, it will be easier for Daikin to deal with the Ming army in Shanhaiguan."
Fan Wencheng picked up the water bowl and drank a sip of water, gargled the food residue in his mouth, swallowed it into his stomach, and said: "It's not that easy. When King Khan knew that the people from the Tiger Flag had occupied Pi Island, he also We once sent people over to discuss cooperation, but only one came back in the end, and the remaining people all died on Pi Island. Fortunately, the people sent were all slaves. If the Jurchen master was sent, the loss would be even greater."
"Why haven't you heard of this?" Fan Wencai stretched out his chopsticks towards the pickle bowl and hung them in mid-air.
Fan Wencheng took a bite of pickles and then a bite of pancake, and said vaguely: "It was a while ago, and my brother happened to be away from Shengjing at that time, so he never heard of it."
"Are the people in the Tiger Character Banner crazy? If they don't use such a good person to close the relationship with Dai Jin, they want to offend Dai Jin. Are they not afraid that Dai Jin will send troops to deal with them one day?" Fan Wencai said in surprise.
In his opinion, forming an alliance with Dajin is the most beneficial thing for Tiger Flag at the moment. Both parties are rebels against the Ming Dynasty and have a natural basis for cooperation.
Fan Wencheng swallowed the food in his mouth and said: "The Tiger Character Flag is a sitting bandit, which is different from ordinary bandits. Maybe this is where their confidence lies."
Rogue bandits will only plunder everywhere. When they can no longer rob, they will naturally be finished. However, sitting bandits occupy a piece of land and develop into a country within a state. This is tantamount to digging into the foundation of the country and becoming a threat to the climate. Far more than the bandits.
"To be honest, Brother Yu is a little optimistic about this tiger flag." Fan Wencai looked at Fan Wencheng and said.
After hearing this, Fan Wencheng put down the chopsticks in his hand, frowned and asked, "How could brother have such an idea?"
"The current Tiger Flag not only occupies Shanxi, but even most of Shaanxi has fallen into its hands. Now that the foundation has been established, and the Ming army has been defeated many times, there may not be a chance to compete for the Central Plains artifact in the future." Fan Wencai expressed his thoughts.
However, Fan Wencheng's frown deepened.
After pondering for a while, he said: "Brother, you are wrong to think so. At present, the great gold has strong soldiers and horses, the Khan King is carrying the dragon spirit, and has great talents and strategies. At the same time, he is polite and virtuous. Such a person has the great gold as his foundation. In the future, He must be the founding emperor of the country, and you and I, brothers, will surely create a great foundation by following King Khan, and we will also leave a chapter in history for you and me."
